Towson White Student Group Wants To Start 'Safety Patrols'

Towson White Student Group Wants To Start 'Safety Patrols'

The leader of a white student group at Towson University has announced plans to conduct random night patrols on the campus.

In an emailed news release, Matthew Heimbach wrote that members of his organization will conduct the patrols using cell phones and cameras.

He also indicated in addition to making calls to 911 they will consider making "citizen's arrests."

The stated purpose is to create a safe campus, and he invited students "regardless of race, color, or creed" to participate.

The email referred to a reported sexual attack of a female student allegedly by four black males, "who surrounded her and began touching her body."

"The freedom of the female students of Towson University has become threatened by roving bands of sex perverts who think nothing of attacking them," Heimbach wrote.

Carol Dunsworth with the University Relations office told WBAL News that the university now supplies escort services.

The white student union has been attempting to gain official Student Government Associaton recognition.

Heimbach earlier led the Towson campus chapter of "Youth for Western Civilization," which opposes affirmative action and multiculturalism, among its stated creeds. The faculty advisor for that group resigned in a disagreement with its direction.

Members of the group were implicated earlier this year when racist messages and graffiti were scrawled on pavements at the campus in chalk.